COVID-19
USO’s online programs prove popular with troops during coronavirus lockdowns
“I think we are busier now than before the pandemic,” Yokota USO manager Mardie Marqueze-Velasquez said Wednesday. “We can’t reach them physically, but we have great teams across the globe of volunteers and staff.”
Japan exempts US military from ban on foreign travelers as new coronavirus variant spreads
A new ban on foreign travelers to Japan does not affect the US military population covered by the status of forces agreement, a spokeswoman for US Forces Japan said.
Making friends at a new school is tougher during the pandemic, but a DODEA program aims to help
A pilot program at six overseas military schools in the Pacific aims to help kids arriving at new schools make friends amid the pandemic.
Pandemic-era social media landscape eliminates barriers for US troops, but not without pitfalls
Protocols can get lost amid the feeling of anonymity that comes from typing on a screen, a management expert says.
‘We cannot ignore the magnitude of this death’: Guam records its 100th coronavirus fatality
A 58-year-old man died Tuesday afternoon at Guam Memorial Hospital, becoming the U.S. territory's 100th virus-related fatality.
Thanks, omicron: Japan cancels popular Tokyo-Okinawa flights for returning US military travelers
The cancellation of a flight program follows Japan’s decision to close its borders Tuesday to most new incoming foreign travelers through the end of December.
US military imposes 10-day quarantine for all newcomers to South Korea
The 14-day “working quarantine” that permitted new arrivals under the status of forces agreement to move between their homes or other quarantine sites and their workplaces is no longer permitted.